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...could be sure of support for speedy enactment of ERP; the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted out its omnibus foreign-aid bill at week's end. But there was scarcely anything Harry Truman could have recommended that could have aroused more controversy than U.M.T. and a peacetime draft...
This week, Chancellor Hutchins' Committee to Frame a World Constitution had the answer Lindbergh wanted. The draft constitution called for:1) a "federal convention" composed of one popularly elected delegate for each 1,000,000 of the world's population; 2) a chief executive and a legislative council elected by the convention; 3) a grand tribunal and a supreme court; 4) a tribune to serve as the spokesman for minorities; 5) a chamber of guardians for control of the armed forces. The plan's cornerstone: "Universal government of justice, founded on the rights...
...document was published at a time in the world's history when the need for such a constitution was more desperate and the chances of its adoption more remote than ever. Not even the drafting committee itself had been able to agree on the noble synopsis of salvation, to which half a hundred sovereign nations would have to agree before it could become reality. The committee's own chairman, Philosopher Richard McKeon, refused to sign the draft because he disagreed with it. Said Hutchins: the report was something to talk about...
...Draft of 19 to 25-year olds and a three billion dollar expansion of the armed forces was demanded yesterday by the three armed forces cabinet members, who named Russia as a possible enemy...
...atmosphere scented with name-calling and heckling by about 100 UMT supporters, a group of 350 students rallied at Sanders Theater Saturday to demonstrate opposition to President Truman's proposed draft legislation. The meeting was sponsored by the Harvard Committee for Wallace...